RE: Need some help.
September 19, 2021 at 12:19 pm
(This post was last modified: September 19, 2021 at 12:26 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
The Great Transformation or A History of God. -Karen Armstrong.
If you want an even more roundabout take on gods - Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins, and Botany of Desire - Michael Pollan. To any creature like us, ideas can compete for living space - and they do this by exploiting our compulsions. Faith, the confidence of hope and assurance of what we do not see.
The private character of anyone's god stands in for what they wish to see in the world. What they would make true, if it weren't.
If you want an even more roundabout take on gods - Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins, and Botany of Desire - Michael Pollan. To any creature like us, ideas can compete for living space - and they do this by exploiting our compulsions. Faith, the confidence of hope and assurance of what we do not see.
The private character of anyone's god stands in for what they wish to see in the world. What they would make true, if it weren't.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
